Gurneys Cottage, Salts Lane, Loose, Maidstone, ME15 0BD

Gurneys Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Loose, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 0BD). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2017) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since January 2010. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include notable views. Period features are noted in the property record.

2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 73 m² it sits well below the postcode median (144 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold September 2019 for £350,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1998–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £412,000 is 17.7% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£445/sq ft) was about 59.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.